The Age of Exploration - Europe Encounters the World



The Age of Exploration - Europe Encounters the World

The Fall of the Feudal System

• The Black Death wiped out ____% of Europeans in the 1300’s. This greatly decreased the BACKBONE of the feudal economy by the________________.

• Spiritual influence of __________ replaced by desire to search outwardly for inspiration

• Out of the fall of the feudal system came……………

The ________________

• Throwing off of ___________________ways

• Re-discovering Greek and Roman __________________

• Desire to know the world through scientific exploration, _____, and architecture

Why did explorations happen when they did?

• A variety of factors all came together to make the time period (____________) the “age of exploration”

• Some of these factors were__________ - external forces acting on Europe

• Some were pulls - _______________ and things that attracted the Europeans

Early Trade Route to Asia

What factors were pushing Europeans to explore?

• Europeans—especially ___________________---wanted to find a water route to Asia and Africa.

• They were upset with the___________ merchants who were controlling most of the trade with Asia and Africa.

Turkish Empire cut-off trade routes with Europe in _______________

What is the easiest way to remember it all?

The Three G’s:

1.

2.

3.

The First G: Gold

• Exploration occurs because of the desire for wealth

• Europe needed gold (and silver) to fuel the rising banking system

• _________________ were desired because Europe had no refrigeration.

• Other natural resources (timber,__________ , tobacco, ivory) could be bought and sold for a nice profit.

• To make your kingdom strong you must have more _________________than the other kingdom.

The second G: Glory

• Just like the first G, glory was a relatively new idea in Europe.

• With the rise of the___________________, the idea of gaining fame for one’s actions was possible.

• Individual kings wanted glory for their kingdoms so ______________spread.

The third G: God

• Europeans had always seen spreading ________________as a good thing

• Colonization became a race to convert ________________________to a particular brand of Christianity

• _____________________________were some of the most active

How did these explorations begin?

• The first to encourage new ship explorations was Prince Henry of Portugal, known as ______________________________________

• Started an institute for _______________________ and exploring

• Combined ship technology learned ______________with new European innovations

• By the time of his death in 1460, Portuguese had sailed as far south as the ____________________________________________

Outcomes of exploration

* Clash of cultures – European countries founded many new colonies along the coast of Africa and N and S America – the indigenous people of these areas had their own culture and traditions

* Religious conversion – tried to convert indigenous people to _____________

* Spread of disease – explorers and colonists carried__________, smallpox, and measles – killed ___________ of people

* Slavery – work force in Europe had been reduced by __________so slaves from Africa were sent to work

* Also, conquered indigenous people were made to work as slaves

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